Screamland #2

Written by Harold Sipe and Christopher Sebela
Art by Lee Leslie and Dennis Culver

I'm enjoying Screamland's new run.  Last issue, the Screamland equivalent to the Creature From the Black Lagoon was found dead, and our two heroes, Carl London, the Wolfman, and Travis Walters, who is basically the guy who played Scotty on Star Trek, were working to stop the Invisible Man from releasing a sex tape that featured just about every monster still working in Hollywood.

Now, the Invisible Man has also been found dead, murdered at a giant sci-fi convention.  Carl and Travis decide that they need to investigate this murder, for different reasons, and they each pick a suspect and begin to tail them.

Like the first volume of this series, Screamland is a lot of fun.  The characters are pathetic, yet still sympathetic and very likeable.  This book is very humorous, and has an element of unexpectedness about it.  I'm also enjoying the back-ups, which serve to flesh out some of the more minor characters; this month we see the Midnight Slasher attend an AA-style meeting for serial killers.  Funny stuff.